Geography
Ph.D. in Geography, UCLA. Dissertation:
Melanie Patton Renfrew
"The Social Consequences of Sedentarization among the Turkana Nomadic Pastoralists, Kenya"
M.A. in Geography, U. of Minnesota. Thesis: "The Ecology of Hydatid Disease in Turkana District, Kenya"
B.A. in Geography, U. of Minnesota, Duluth.
B.A. in Anthropology, Bethel College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Summer 2008 Travel: Venezia Mestre
May 2008 Geography 1 Final Exam Review Sheet
Springtime Babies
Spring Field Trips
Weather Notes
ProfessorRenfrew@yahoo.com
310-233-4557

Tissa Munasinghe, Ph.D, received his doctorate in Earth Sciences from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, and his B.S. in Geology from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He joined Harbor College faculty in Fall of 1998. He teaches Geology 1 and 6, Oceanography 1 and 10, and Geography 31.
Research interests include marine tectonics and high-grade metamorphic rocks.
Office: SCI 208
Campus Phone: 310-233-4555
Office Hours: 12:00 - 1:00 M-F, 4:30-5:30 T
E-mail address: Munasit@lahc.edu
Course Offerings in Geography
Geography 1 - Physical Geography - 3 units
Geography 2 – Cultural Elements of Geography – 3 units
Geography 7 - World Regional Geography - 3 units
Geography 15 - Physical Geography Laboratory - 2 units
Geography 31 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems - 3 units

